A brave 13-year-old kept her cool and called the police after two masked men broke into her family’s home in Austria’s western state of Vorarlberg on Wednesday evening.
Three masked robbers forced their way into the villa, tied the owners to chairs using tape, threatened them with a gun and then ransacked the villa, before fleeing.
Police in Vienna are looking for a man and a woman who tried to break into a house in Döbling but were caught in the act by the owner, who photographed the pair before they ran off.
A gang of burglars broke into a hotel in Styria on Saturday night, tearing open a safe full of money and covering their tracks with pumpkin seed oil, a local speciality.
A pair of masked thieves broke into an armored car security transport company in Innsbruck on Saturday evening, getting away with millions of euros in cash.
Vienna's police have launched two major initiatives to target burglars and crack down on aggressive beggars in the run up to Christmas and the New Year.
At a press conference on Friday, the Austrian Road Safety Board (KVB) and the Austrian Insurance Association (VVÖ) explained that many Austrians underestimate the risks of burglary, and outlined some simple measures to be taken to avoid getting ripped off.
